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'''Facebook''' is a social website originally started for the benefit of college students, but then commercialized for all with advertising and promotions.  Users can waste their time on it in a variety of ways: by uploading pictures (typically of themselves), by gossiping about others, and by interfering with marriages and personal relationships.

'''Facebook''' is a social website originally started for the benefit of college students, but then commercialized for all with advertising and promotions.  Users can waste their time on it in a variety of ways: by uploading pictures (typically of themselves), by gossiping about others, and by interfering with marriages and personal relationships.

Studies show that the use of Facebook is associated with poorer performance in school.  Facebook use is also associated with a substantial percentage of marital problems.  The site is heavily promoted by [[liberal]]s, presumably because it is so unproductive or even counterproductive.

Studies show that the use of Facebook is associated with poorer performance in school.  Facebook use is also associated with a substantial percentage of marital problems.  The site is heavily promoted by [[liberal]]s, presumably because it is so unproductive or even counterproductive.

Anybody with an account can create an unlimited amount of unproductive pages; [[religious]], business, a product, groups, artists, bands, and politics.

Anybody with an account can create an unlimited amount of unproductive pages, which can then be "like"d by other users.

Facebook is based in Palo Alto, [[California]]. The name of the site is based on the paper facebooks that many colleges give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community.<ref> [http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/f/fa/facebook.htm Facebook] </ref>

Facebook is based in Palo Alto, [[California]]. The name of the site is based on the paper facebooks that many colleges give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community.<ref> [http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/f/fa/facebook.htm Facebook] </ref>

==Origins==

==Origins==

Facebook was founded in February 2004 by [[Harvard]] sophomore [[Mark Zuckerberg]] and Eduardo Saverin, with help from Andrew McCollum.  By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities, the number of registered users exceeded one million.  In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the "the" from the site.

Facebook was founded in February 2004 by [[Harvard]] sophomores [[Mark Zuckerberg]] and Eduardo Saverin, with help from Andrew McCollum.  By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities, the number of registered users exceeded one million.  In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the "the" from the site's name.

==2010==

==2010==

A movie was made about the origins of Facebook, called '[[The Social Network]]'. The film was number one in America for several weeks. Mark Zuckerberg was not involved in the creation of film and says that it was more Hollywood than reality.

A movie was made about the origins of Facebook, called ''[[The Social Network]]''. The film was number one in America for several weeks. Mark Zuckerberg was not involved in the creation of film and says that it was more Hollywood storyteling than reality.

It has been known among Silicon Valley technology companies that Facebook has been luring away [[Google]] employees to the extent that Google is now offering bonuses not to leave the company. On October 15, Facebook announced the release of a new email client. Internally referred to as Titan and the media has dubbed it Gmail Killer. Zuckerberg insists it is not a head-to-head competitor of Google's Gmail service and will be more of a instant messaging service. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/15/gmail-beware-facebook-unveils-e-mail-service/ E-MAIL WAR: Facebook Launches 'Gmail Killer' -- AOL Jumps In, Too, FOX News, November 15, 2010]</ref>

It has been known among Silicon Valley technology companies that Facebook has been luring away [[Google]] employees to the extent that Google is now offering bonuses not to leave the company. On October 15, Facebook announced the release of a new email client. Internally referred to as Titan and the media has dubbed it Gmail Killer. Zuckerberg insists it is not a head-to-head competitor of Google's Gmail service and will be more of a instant messaging service. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/15/gmail-beware-facebook-unveils-e-mail-service/ E-MAIL WAR: Facebook Launches 'Gmail Killer' -- AOL Jumps In, Too, FOX News, November 15, 2010]</ref>